Plate Tectonics

CONTINENT
CONVECTION
CONVERGENT
CRUST
DIVERGENT
EARTHQUAKE
FAULTS
LANDFORMS
LITHOSPHERE
OCEAN
PANGAEA
PLATES
SUBDUCTION
TECTONICS
TRANSFORM

Using modern equipment, scientists known as oceanographers have been able to measure and map out the ocean floor. What these scientists have discovered has helped explain how it is that continents are able to move around on the Earth’s crust.

Try to find all 15 words on this board.

S U B D U C T I O N E V L T C
S B T C H I I S U C V H N F Q
S U K H N A E C O W O E E W X
C G D W B I Z N W P N R A L H
I T Q Q Y G V J M I E X X R Q
N N S I E E A R T H Q U A K E
O Z V U R L I N P A N G A E A
T M Z G R W O S S T L U A F C
C P E R D C O N V E C T I O N
E N W D N H A Q S E T A L P Y
T Z P I T R A N S F O R M W U
T P X I J Q E V K A I W X T N
T O L A N D F O R M S U R A G
V U P J B R X G T B D K Q D N
D W O Z P D I V E R G E N T J
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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  69ne
CONVECTION  79e
CONVERGENT  102sw
CRUST  69nw
DIVERGENT  615e
EARTHQUAKE  66e
FAULTS  148w
LANDFORMS  313e
LITHOSPHERE  88ne
OCEAN  93w
PANGAEA  97e
PLATES  1410w
SUBDUCTION  11e
TECTONICS  111n
TRANSFORM  511e